Bieldside

11°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 10° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

67 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 82 casualties · 2.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Portlethen (7.2 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Newton Dee Camphill Community LTD (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

230,180 residents in Aberdeen City

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Douglas Lumsden

Conservative

Aberdeen South

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 6
• LD 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,240 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £15,001 avg

e.g. Pupil Support Assistant - Cults School - ABC13783, Early Learning & Childcare Support Worker - Cults School - ABC13418, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Bieldside – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,466 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberdeen South:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership547 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s333 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office226 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases142 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth133 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Bieldside · 0.3 km

  Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hair…

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  Bieldside railway station · 0.4 km

  Bieldside railway station served the Bieldside area within the parish of Peterculter from 1897 to 1937 on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. This area was the location of a number of mansi…

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  Bieldside Cairn · 0.7 km

  Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hair…

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  Murtle railway station · 0.8 km

  Murtle railway station, later Murtle Halt railway station served Murtle and Beaconhill Houses and estates, the Mill of Murtle, Milton of Murtle, the local farms and the inhabitants of this rural area within the parish…

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  Cults Academy · 1.1 km

  Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam…

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  West Cults railway station · 1.2 km

  West Cults railway station served the small suburban village of West Cults area within the parish of Peterculter from 1894 to 1937 on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. It lay very close t…

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